Soft Materials

Wednesday, 16 May 2018: 14:00-16:20
Room 613 (Washington State Convention Center)
Chair:
Ahmet Kusoglu
14:00
(Invited) Mechanical Response of Thin Nafion Films to Hydration
B. R. Frieberg, C. M. Stafford, J. R. Graybill, Z. C. Tronstad, and G. R. Stafford (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
14:40
Modeling Mechanical Behaviors of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane in Fuel Cell Dynamic Operations
M. M. M. Hasan (University of Delaware), A. Goshtasbi (University of Michigan), J. Chen (Ford Motor Company), M. H. Santare (University of Delaware), and T. Ersal (University of Michigan)
15:00
Electrochemical Actuation of Hybrid Materials Made from Nanoporous Metals and Electrically Conductive Polymers
B. Roschning (Hamburg University of Technology) and J. Weissmüller (Hamburg University of Technology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht)
15:20
Mechanical Basis of Nafion’s High-Frequency Inductive Impedance
P. Goyal and C. W. Monroe (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford)
15:40
Controlling Ionomer Relaxation to Improve Fuel Cell Durability
Y. S. Kim, D. A. Langlois, A. S. Lee, G. M. Purdy, R. Hjelm (Los Alamos National Laboratory), S. D. Yim (Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)), C. Lei, and H. Xu (Giner, Inc.)
16:00
Modeling of Coupled Mechanical and Chemical Degradation of the Ionomer Membrane in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
M. El Hannach, K. H. Wong, Y. Singh, N. S. Khattra, and E. Kjeang (Simon Fraser University)